Laptop Shuts off with new Hard Drive

I used the Acer eRecovery (restore) cd. The only option it gives is to restore not boot from the cd. If you think I need to reinstall, that?s not a big deal. I will not be losing anything. I was just thinking it would be a driver or power management issue. I went through the PM and it all looked fine

I used Uniblue DriverScanner to update the drivers and so far so good. It hasn't shut off yet. I will keep you updated. Also have you used the Uniblue Programs?

With the new hard disk in, and we boot the eRecovery CD and we wait. Does it keep running?

I've never used that. I do these drivers the old fashioned way if the machine doesn't have a tool supplied. HP is doing pretty well these days with their own HP update system.

If things are working, stop fixing.

Let me share my usual drivers I hunt down are mostly motherboard driver packs, the MS UAA and then the other things.
Bob

It has been on all day without problems. I will be back if it acts up again

It has been on since my last post and just not shut off. i am going to put the restore disk in and let it go for a while. I'll let you kniow if it goes off. and it does feel pretty warm

thanks

I left it on last night for a few hours with the restore disk with no problem. Them I booted it up and left it on all night playing music through the media player all night. It was still playing this morning when I checked it. Then without warning it shut off. I didn?t move it, didn?t touch it.

With older laptops the connections can get cranky or you find a STAPLE or other foreign objects in the machine.

To work that issue we take the machine apart to about where we have just the motherboard exposed and look over everything with a magnifying glass to remove any foreign items. Clean it up, button it up and try again.

Sadly this will not correct any fractured solder work. For that you need a very high end tech or engineer. The usual fix for that issue is to replace the mainboard.
Bob

I have taken it apart and checked it out, cleaned it out although it was very clean. The laptop is only 13 months old. I will look for cold solder joints and such. I am putting the old hard drive back in and going to see if the problem continues since I didn?t have this problem until the new one was installed

in the has been no problems. The laptop has been on since my last post.

I am running Vista home edition
New HD - Fujitsu 160 GB
Model MHZ2160BH G2

Old HD - Hitachi 80 GB
Model: HTS541680J9SA00

Didn't reveal what I was looking for. Sometimes you have a tool called "Acoustic setting" or similar but they don't offer that at http://193.128.183.41/home/v3__product.asp?pid=611&inf=swr&wg=30

The new drive is faster than the old drive. The old drive was SATA 1.5 Gb speed. so let's see what the new is. The new drive is 3 Gb or SATA 2.

I just had to clip a new drive down to SATA 1 speed so let's see if we can do the same here.

http://193.128.183.41/support/disk/manuals/product_manual_m160_.pdf is the manual.

If I look at this I'd want to use the "1.5 Gbps model" noted on page 1-5 to be sure its an exact match for your machine.
Bob

mszakk7027@roadrunner.com

I havent used this computer in awhile but it has the same problem. I installed a new Hard Drive. i used the recovery disk from acer. Everything is fine except the fans do not work. When it gets hot enough it shuts off. Are there any drivers, options in bios any thing i could have missed.